Outage Revenge
MMAM Week 47
Title: Outage Revenge
From innie_darling's prompt: "Sherlock takes down the people responsible for the livejournal outages. John approves." As well as a few ideas stolen from the various replies to the prompt.
Rating: G
Warning: Angry Sherlock.
"GAH!"
The exclamation rang through the flat. John, who had dropped off, was jolted awake to find Sherlock typing furiously on his laptop and screaming in frustration.
"What's wrong?" John asked groggily.
"LiveJournal!" The man yelled. "It's been down since yesterday!"
John groaned. "They're probably just doing maintenance. Give it a bit."
Sherlock rose and walked over to John, shoving the screen in front of his face, pointing to the "505 Error."
"Most sites have the courtesy of posting when they're doing site maintenance. This is not just scheduled maintenance." Then, to himself, letting the laptop down. "I have to find out what this is all about."
John waved his hand, confused. "Wait, since when are you desperate about blogging when we aren't on a case?"
Sherlock looked as though all the air had been forced from his lungs. "I-" -cleared his throat- "I need to update my website."
John said nothing, just smiled at Sherlock's retreating back. Sherlock continued to type angrily, checking every five to ten minutes (as he could stand) to see if the outages had passed. Sometimes, he would perk up as if he had gotten in, then his expression darkened again when he was booted off again.
After about an hour of this, Sherlock finally picked up his phone. He quickly texted something, his phone beeping soon after. He glared at the screen.
"Who are you texting?" John asked, knowing full well that might not be the best question.
"Mycroft."
"About the LiveJournal outage?"
"What else would I be texting him about? He says it was necessary. That the site was distasteful." The phone beeped again. "Oh, god!"
"What?"
John knew it had to be bad. Sherlock looked horrified, mouth gaping as he always told John not to do. He swallowed and turned the phone around.
"I can't even say that out loud..." Sherlock finally said.
The test read, "I found something on the site called Sherlock/Mycroft. After completely emptying the contents of my stomach, I found it necessary to shut the site down." John seriously considered doing the same.
"Do you think he could try just banning that portion? I can see the reason why he would react that way, but both of our blogs are on LiveJournal."
"I get the feeling that won't work."
"Try?"
Sherlock texts again. This time the reply reads, "If we find those responsible, I will gladly allow the website to continue."
But after another three days, even John was getting desperate. Sherlock seemed to notice. Over tea, he announced that he was going to hack LJ admin account and force the site back into operation.
"You're joking, right?"
"Of course not. This is very serious."
John couldn't help but giggle. "I suppose so. Well, do your worst. If it gets this up and running, I can endorse it."
It took a surprisingly short time (well, perhaps not that surprising - this is Sherlock Holmes) Sherlock had hacked the mainframe and, in a half an hour, LJ was back up. A few nasty texts were sent between the Holmes brothers and many comments from delighted bloggers appeared.
Soon after, John was running after Sherlock who found the first person to implicate incest with his brother and put them in their place. The unfortunate blogger was terrified and agreed to wipe any trace of M/S from their hard drive.
Upon returning home, John decided to throw his two cents in.
"In the past few days, I've learned that I'm more dependent on this silly blog than I thought. Apparently, my flatmate is, too."
Title: Outage Revenge
From innie_darling's prompt: "Sherlock takes down the people responsible for the livejournal outages. John approves." As well as a few ideas stolen from the various replies to the prompt.
Rating: G
Warning: Angry Sherlock.
"GAH!"
The exclamation rang through the flat. John, who had dropped off, was jolted awake to find Sherlock typing furiously on his laptop and screaming in frustration.
"What's wrong?" John asked groggily.
"LiveJournal!" The man yelled. "It's been down since yesterday!"
John groaned. "They're probably just doing maintenance. Give it a bit."
Sherlock rose and walked over to John, shoving the screen in front of his face, pointing to the "505 Error."
"Most sites have the courtesy of posting when they're doing site maintenance. This is not just scheduled maintenance." Then, to himself, letting the laptop down. "I have to find out what this is all about."
John waved his hand, confused. "Wait, since when are you desperate about blogging when we aren't on a case?"
Sherlock looked as though all the air had been forced from his lungs. "I-" -cleared his throat- "I need to update my website."
John said nothing, just smiled at Sherlock's retreating back. Sherlock continued to type angrily, checking every five to ten minutes (as he could stand) to see if the outages had passed. Sometimes, he would perk up as if he had gotten in, then his expression darkened again when he was booted off again.
After about an hour of this, Sherlock finally picked up his phone. He quickly texted something, his phone beeping soon after. He glared at the screen.
"Who are you texting?" John asked, knowing full well that might not be the best question.
"Mycroft."
"About the LiveJournal outage?"
"What else would I be texting him about? He says it was necessary. That the site was distasteful." The phone beeped again. "Oh, god!"
"What?"
John knew it had to be bad. Sherlock looked horrified, mouth gaping as he always told John not to do. He swallowed and turned the phone around.
"I can't even say that out loud..." Sherlock finally said.
The test read, "I found something on the site called Sherlock/Mycroft. After completely emptying the contents of my stomach, I found it necessary to shut the site down." John seriously considered doing the same.
"Do you think he could try just banning that portion? I can see the reason why he would react that way, but both of our blogs are on LiveJournal."
"I get the feeling that won't work."
"Try?"
Sherlock texts again. This time the reply reads, "If we find those responsible, I will gladly allow the website to continue."
But after another three days, even John was getting desperate. Sherlock seemed to notice. Over tea, he announced that he was going to hack LJ admin account and force the site back into operation.
"You're joking, right?"
"Of course not. This is very serious."
John couldn't help but giggle. "I suppose so. Well, do your worst. If it gets this up and running, I can endorse it."
It took a surprisingly short time (well, perhaps not that surprising - this is Sherlock Holmes) Sherlock had hacked the mainframe and, in a half an hour, LJ was back up. A few nasty texts were sent between the Holmes brothers and many comments from delighted bloggers appeared.
Soon after, John was running after Sherlock who found the first person to implicate incest with his brother and put them in their place. The unfortunate blogger was terrified and agreed to wipe any trace of M/S from their hard drive.
Upon returning home, John decided to throw his two cents in.
"In the past few days, I've learned that I'm more dependent on this silly blog than I thought. Apparently, my flatmate is, too."